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The Ability of Psychological Flexibility and Job Control to Predict Learning, Job Performance, and Mental Health
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Summary This longitudinal study tested the degree to which an individual characteristic, psychological flexibility, and a work organization variable, job control, predicted ability to learn new skills at work, job performance, and mental health, amongst call center workers in the United Kingdom (N = 448). As hypothesized, results indicated that job control, psychological flexibility, and the synergistic interaction between the two, predicted people's ability to learn a new computer software program, as well as their mental health and job performance, which was objectively measured. Discussion focuses on the implications of these, and previous findings, for organizational behavior.
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- Authors
- Bond, F. W., & Flaxman, P. E.
- Affiliations
- University of London (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Organizational Behavior Management
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2006-11-07
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 113-130
- ISSN
- 0160-8061 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-8604
- OpenAlex
- W2116261668
- Cited by
- 221
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Keywords
- psychological flexibility, job control, employee performance, mental health, workplace learning, call center employees, software training, work organization, individual differences, interaction effects
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